Undergarment.



PATENTED MAY 28, 1907.

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PATENT ()FFICE.

BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

UNDERGARIVIENT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 28,1907.

Application filed April 23,1906. Serial No. 313,112.

To all 1071 0112 it may concern:

Be it known that I, ROBERT M. APPLETON, of Boston, county of Suffolk, State of Massachusetts, have invented. an improvement in Undergarments, of which the following description, in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specificatiomlike characters on the drawings representing like parts.

This invention relates to undergarments, and is intended as an improvement upon the undergarment shown. in Letters Patent granted to me May 3, 1904, No. 759,149.

One of the objects of my'present invention is to provide an undergarment with a supplemented back, which extends downward from the neckopening to the lower ends of the arm-holes or button-band or thereabout.

Another object of the invention is to provide an undergarment with a supplemented chest of improved construction, which extends downward from the neck-opening to the lower ends of. the arm-holes, or buttonband or thereabout. And another object is to provide an undergarment with a supplemented chest of improved construction, in combination with a supplemented back, both of which extend downward from the neck opening to the lower ends of the arm-holes or button-band. or thereabout.

The back is supplemented by a supplementary portion, which is a continuation of the body portion, and as a preferable way of manufacturing the undergarment, the supplementary portion, formed as an extension or continuation of the chest, is turned over the shoulders and down upon. the outside of the back; and the chest is supplemented by a supplementary portion, likewise formed as a continuation of the body portion, and as a preferable way of manufacturing the undergarment, the supplementary portion, formed as an extension or continuation of the back, is turned over the shoulders and down upon the outside of the chest. Thus, in the preferred manner of manufacturing tions, assuming both are employed, extend over the shoulders and one overlies the chest and the other overlies the back of the body portion.

The side edges of the supplementary portions are attached to the chest and back portions by stitches, being unattached there to along their lower edges, except as hereinafter provided. The supplemented chest, when employed, is formed with a front open ing extending downward from the neckopening to the lower end of the supplemented portion or thereabout, and a button-band is attached to one of the edges or sides of said front opening, and a button-hole band is attached to the opposite edge or side of said front opening, and the lower ends of both bands are attached to the body portion, so that the supplementary portion, which overlies the chest, is secured to the body portion at the lower end of the front opening,

- but the lower edge of said supplementary portion is unattached to the body portion at both sides of said chest opening, leaving the front expansible laterally. of the supplementary portions are left open essentially for the purposes of ventilation, allowing the body when wet with perspiration to gradually dry, thus limiting the possibility of the wearer taking cold at the delicate parts of the lungs and chest, and adding comfort by providing laterally elasticity.

Figure 1 shows a sufficient portion of a tubular web to form an undergarment, slitted at its sides to provide supplementary portions for the chest and back, and also to provide arm-holes, said supplementary portions being formed as continuations of the chest and back portion. Fig. 2 is a similar View showing the back supplementary portion turned down upon the inside of the chest to thereby'supplement the chest. Fig. 3 is a similar view showing the front supplementary portion turned down upon the outside of the back to thereby supplement the back, and also showing the neck-opening formed by cutting holes in the two overlying supplementary portions at the junction of said portions with the chest and back portions. Fig. 4 is a similar view showing the front opening which is formed in the supplemented chest of the undergarment and which extends downward from the neck-opening to a point below the lower ends of the arm-holes or buttonband. Fig. 5 represents a modification of my invention, showing a sufficient portion of a tubular web of an nudergarment, cut to provide a single supplementary portion. Fig. 6 is a similar view showing the single supplementary portion turned over the shoulders and down upon the front side of the chest, and the supplemented chest thus provided with a front opening. Fig. 7 is a similar view showing the single supplementary portion turned over the shoulders and down upon the outside of the back, and the single The lower ends ICC IIO

fabric chest part provided with a front opening. Fig. 8 is a similar view showing partic ularly the front opening in the supplemented chest, the button-band. and the tnttton-hole band, and also showing the sleeves attached to the sides of the supplementary portions at the arm-hole slits. Fig. 9 is a detail showing a portion of a tubular web sul'lieient [or two undergarments, representing the cuts tor the undergarments shown in Fig. 5. Fig 1.0 is a detail representing a llat web or strip from which my improved undergarment may he made instead of a tubular web.

Referring to Figs. 1 to a inclusive, wherein the chest and back are both supplemented, (t represents the tubular web of any suitable length and width, and. composed of knitted fabric or any other suitable material. This tubular web :is slitted at each side from the end downward. to provide two supplementat-y portions Z) and c, in continuation. of the chest and back portions of the body, and said slits are extended to also form the arm-holes. The supplementary portion 7) is turned over the shoulders and down upon the inside of the chest, as shown in Fig. 2, and the supple- 5 mentary portion a is turned over the shoulders and down upon the outside side of the back, as shown in Fig. 3, and the overlying supplementary portions 1) and c are cut at the junction thereof with the chest and back portions, or in other words, with the body portion, to form a neck-opening (Z. At the opposite sides of the supplemented portions the arm-holes are formed, and sleeves e are attached to the supplemented portions, at the arm-holes, by stitches or in any suitable manner. By thus attaching the sleeves (2 the side edges of the supplementary portions are secured respectively to the chest and back portions, but the lower edges of said supplementary portions are not attached to the body portion, except as hereinafter provided. The edges of the supplementary portions are attached. to the chest and back portions around. the neck-opening by a suitable neckband. The supplemented chest is slitted "from the neckopening downward to the lower end thereoi, or below, as shown, to provide a front opening, the supplementary portion I) overlying it, being slitted in the formation of this opening and forming two tlaps. At one side of said front opening a buttonband f is attached by stitches passing through both the chest portion and. the supplementary portion, or by other suitable fa-stenings, and at the opposite side of said front opening a but ton-hole band 9 is attached by stitches passing through both the chest portion and the supplementary portion, or by other suitable fastenings. And. both of said bands are attached to the body portion below the supple mented portion, so that the front supplemented portion becomes attached to the body portion at the lower end of the front side ot' the bac opening, but between said opening and the side edges ol' the sttpplemcntary portion. the lower end. ol" said supplementary portion is unattached.

in the patent rcl'crrcd to the supplclncn tary portion only, is cut to th rcb'y lorm flaps winch meet at or about the middle and are adapted to button. onto the chest portion, whereas in the present case a l'ront opening is provided in thesupplemented chest w hich c.\- tends downward l'rom the lltt-l\'-t)])(lllllfj, and by providing a iront opening, as hct'cin shown asmatler .lltt'ivT-(ljltlli'itfl may be employed.

Referring to tiig. 5 the body portion is formed, with a single sopplentcntury port ion, as c, and said sttnplcmcntary port ion is adapted. to be extended over the shoulders and down upon the trout side ol the chest, as shown. in it ig. ti, or to be cxtend d trom the shoulders and trned down upon thc back .i, as shown. in big. 7, thereby supplementing one part only oi' the undergarment. 'tt hen. constructing the omlergarment in this manner the tubular web shown in Fig. ti will be employed, and the body portions ol two 'undcrggnnnettts cut l'rom it, each having asingle sunplemcntat-y portion.

in lieu ol. making the nndcrgarmcnt ot a. tubular web, which. is the prcl'crrcd lorm to empl ,itmay be madc ol a 'latwcb orstrip, as represented in ltig. it), the sides being shaped by cutting, then stitchcd togothcr to thereby .lorm. a. tubular web.

.llaving thus described my invention, what ill claim as new and. desire to secure by itettcrs Patentis:

1. An undergarntent consisting ol a tnbin lar body portion provided at one end with an ui'tdi'vided supplementary portion in cont |nuation thereof, which is tnrncd ovcr upon the bat-l; and attached thereto along its sidccdges andunattached along its lower edge, sub st a'ntially as de cribed.

2. in. undcrgarment consisting ot a tubular body portion provided at one cnd with a supplementaiyportion in continuation thcrcol which is turned over the shoulders and cxtends down upon and entirely across the back to approximately the lower ends ol' the arm holes, and is attached thereto along its side edges only, substantially as described.

1%. {in ninlcrgarmcnt consisting ot a tubu lar body portion pro't'idcd at one end with a supplementaryportion in continnat ion thcro ol, which is turned over the shoulders and down upon the chest atul'attachcd thereto I along its side edges and having a. t\(t'liopttl ing at the junction ol' said supplement:try portion and chest, and a l'ront opening in the sup 'ileniented chest thus tot-med, which extends downn art. trom said 'tiech-openittg and is provided with means l'or closing it and lot attaching the snpplcmentary portion and chest together at the middle, leaving the lower edge ol the supplementary portion, at

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stantially as described.

.said front and back portions and stitched opposite sides of the middle, unattached, sub- 4. An undergarment comprising a tubular body portion having supplementary portions in continuation thereof extending over the shoulders and down at the front and back, respectively, of said body portion, overlying thereto along their side edges but unattached along their lower edges, said front supplementary portion extending for its full length entirely across'the front, substantially as described.

p 5. An undergarment comprising a tubular body portion, the back having a supplementary portion in continuation thereof, which is divided to form flaps which extend over the shoulder portions of the garment and overlie the chest and extend downwardly thereon i and are united thereto along their side edges, but unattached along their lower edges, said I 'fiaps together extending entirely across the chest for their full length, the chest and said I means for detachably uniting the same, substantially as described. V

6. An undergarment comprisinga tubular body portion having a divided supplementary portion and an undivided supplementary portion, integral therewith, and extending overthe shoulders and down at the front and back, respectively, and overlying said front and back portions and stitched thereto along their side edges and unattached at their lower edges, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ROBERT M. APPLETON.

Witnesses: a

- B. J. NOYES, H. B DAVIS. 

